Short Downside Poems
Short Downside Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Downside by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Downside by length and keyword.
As I climb the ladder I am going up the down side
by James Edward Lee Sr.
2/21/18
Categories:
downside, allusion,
Form:
Monoku
lots of bugs inside
downside of summer - zeal to mate
Love has limits - end mates
Categories:
downside, africa, conflict, creation, death, insect,
Form:
Senryu
A relative who used to be a good fit
Has evolved into something we must admit
Has a unique downside
Like a Jekyll and Hyde
Now if you give him a hand, it might get bit
Categories:
downside, family, fun, grief,
Form:
Limerick
Categories:
downside, self,
Form:
Free verse
Upside down
and downside up
trucks come and go
and never stop
they swish and sway
the alligator way
hoping to play
so they can stay
Oh how they want
to be wild and free
so they can play the alligator way.
Categories:
downside,
Form:
I do not know?
nose started to see
with feeling sense of smelling
eyes started to smell
with feeling sense of picture
down side up of confused world
Categories:
downside, nature, people, philosophy, today, world,
Form:
Tanka
If you don't vote,
Extremists will take note,
And politicians will seek a different coloured coat,
As extremists become more eager to vote,
With your absence at the polling booth giving them hope,
That democracy will work in their favour,
And their words will be the only ones of note.
Categories:
downside, analogy, anger, anxiety, bible, cancer, confusion, fear,
Form:
Didactic
Tho' right-handed
instruments the two do play
yet one is downside up
left-handed musicians both are they
or seem to sup
from a similar southpaw cup
and if you follow the trail of crumbs
they lead to Jimi
the Starr of guitar
and stick to Ringo
the Hendrix of drums
Categories:
downside, fun, guitar, humorous, music, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Just like a pin-hole camera's image
The image formed on our eye's retina
Is upside down and cock-eyed
But our brain's used to that,
And tricks us with reversion version
So what we think we see is flipped downside up reality
Our view is an illusion flipped up and flopped over
Sunny side up to go.
Categories:
downside, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Everybody
wants to go
to Heaven
(but)
Nobody
wants
to die
Everybody
want to change
the truth
(but)
Nobody
wants
to lie
Everybody
wants to bend
the law
(but)
Nobody
wants
to get caught
Everybody
wants to fall
in love
(but)
Nobody
wants
— pain and loss
(The New Room: August, 2025)
Categories:
downside, riddle,
Form:
Rhyme
There's often an upside to the downside
of taking the wrong fork in the road.
Everything you thought or were taught,
might be be for naught,
if you insist on doing things your way.
But.. you could rise above the fray.
Then doubters might say,
they helped pave the way
for the genius,
they claim,
was their friend.
Categories:
downside, business, confidence, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Each year, some slips away;
I’m just not that upset,
but I’m not that old yet,
if truth be told.
At some point down the road,
it maybe catches up;
for now I’ll pour a cup,
but not too bold.
Ideas still pour in;
I write them while they’re hot.
The downside of this thought:
my coffee’s cold.
—————
An Abhanga: 6x-6a-6a-4x
Categories:
downside, writing,
Form:
Other
~ Day's sealed ~
The sun's made its turn
Farmer's chores almost done
It's afternoon's downside
Kick back, stretch and yawn
Afternoon heat shimmers
over cornstalks and hay
Nearing the end
of another workday
Gather up some stray eggs
Feed the cows one last meal
The shadows now long
Come sunset ~ day's sealed
Categories:
downside, animal, day, farm, light, work,
Form:
Rhyme
I DARE YOU
Meet me at the downside of the low valleys
If you aren't scared of adventure
Catch up with me at the peak of the hills
If you aren't lazy as I think.
Dive with me, let's pick the corals from the sea bed
If you can beat the fishes.
Pace up with me if you think u can
Let's hold the tail of the racing horse.
I dare you
(FM CONCEPTUAL)
Categories:
downside, betrayal, bullying, crazy, cute love, fairy, feelings,
Form:
ABC
Do we really need darkness to appreciate light
And see things done wrong to sense what is right
Must we experience hunger to savor a full belly
We need not a flower to know something's smelly
We say upside down, but not 'downside up'
Inside-out, not 'outside-in;' that's just made-up
The down here below helps us view what's above
There dwells no hatred -- just endless LOVE
Categories:
downside, dark, flower, heaven, inspirational love, light, philosophy,
Form:
Couplet
DOWNER
She Knew
I.D.
is key
Her Thoughts
yet she
couldn’t be
She Felt
alone
sans moan
What She Did
had worst
outburst
Inner Squeeze
cramped knots
sad thoughts
Introspective
graphic
tragic
Phone Tag
linked arms
no charms
Community Share
brings down
whole town
Her World
upside
downside
Categories:
downside, perspective,
Form:
Footle
Lodged on a high valley in this far town
People like to turn the world upside down
In winter sky overturns
The snow cover children churn
Snowmen they make do something new on own.
A fat snowman comes to park downside up
Sniffing the frozen ground with red nose sharp
To stay straight head needs to strain
Blood from the legs goes to brain
Twig hands won’t help if he wants to stand up.
December 24, 2017.
Categories:
downside, humorous, snow,
Form:
Limerick
Lighthouse calls to all
Passing ships on the night waves;
They speak without human voice.
In past centuries,
It once needed humans for
Completing its only task;
Now lonely lighthouse
Cries out for companionship,
But ships keep passing on by.
Automation comes,
And keeps on coming; humans
Without jobs is its downside.
Lonely lighthouse has
No company to visit;
Power is not everything.
Categories:
downside, humanity, light, loneliness, metaphor, perspective, philosophy, power,
Form:
Choka
Have you looked in the mirror,
Have you seen some of the faults you put on others?
Do you see that you are not perfect,
Do you know who you truly are.
You see the downside to every one but you,
No looking at you'r faults.
Afraid to see that you are not who you thought you were.
Don't be scared though,
Some of the people you down are there.
They don't profile you,
They don't look at you as imperfect,
They look at you as they do themselves,
Human.
Categories:
downside, confusion, education, fear, forgiveness, hope, life, social,
Form:
I do not know?
Flat tire in the rain without a spare
on the downside of the hill, rush hour,
no one gives a flip
new shoes
Fatal car accident on the way to be baptised
A look inside comes up empty
Cell phone inside locked car
middle of the desert
stuck in the sand
3:00 a.m. 99°
without water
barefoot
cactus
snakes
~~~
Without you.
Categories:
downside, life, love, sad,
Form:
Free verse
The downside to drinking is sinking,
a depression of grey and black,
there are no leaves on the trees,
they lay dormant by the gutterside.
Kids laughter morphs into a migraine,
ive not heard a bird sing for years,
unmanaged debt haunts me,
a happy face eludes me at every turn
the pain is tearing at my soul,
water pertudes from everywhere,
except my eyes,
i fail to recognise the man looking at me,
as i walk past the mirror shop,
Deep guzzaling breaths.....then drink.
Categories:
downside, depression,
Form:
Free verse
There's an upside to an All Inclusive Resort
But there's also a downside to an All Inclusive Resort
Young'uns are able to drink until they go blind
Absolutely bonkers, losing all sense of reality
Running amok into the wee small hours
Staggering up and down the halls yelling
Knocking on doors with no regard
For us old folks or families with children
I guess my age is showing BUT...
What ever happened to respect for others!!!
© Jack Ellison 2014
Categories:
downside, anger, vacation,
Form:
Narrative